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Samora Machel: Leader and Liberator in Southern AfricaColin Darch and Devid Hedges, editors The life story of Samora Machel (1933–1986) reads like a compelling novel: humble beginnings, a rise through the ranks of the Frelimo anticolonial liberation movement, successes and failures as president of the new People's Republic of Mozambique, and death in a mysterious plane crash.
Telling Machel’s extraordinary story through a biographical introduction and transcripts of More > | ![]() |
The Transformation of the Republican PartyJeffrey M. Stonecash It is undisputed that the Republican Party has changed dramatically since the 1940s and '50s. But the exact nature of that change—and how it came to be—remain subject to debate. Jeffrey Stonecash meticulously assesses the cumulative effect of a range of contentious issues in US politics to shed light on the decisions that party leaders have made to attract voters, the essence of More > | ![]() |
Abolishing WarWinston E. Langley Is it possible to abolish war? This is the fundamental question animating Winston Langley's new book. And, though many will disagree, it is a question to which the author is persuaded the answer is yes.
Far from being utopian ideals, Langley argues, international security and peace are attainable, as are their necessary corollaries: protection of the environment, conservation of natural More > | ![]() |
Transformative Leadership in African Contexts: Strategies for Social ChangeSharlene Swartz, Tarryn De Kock, and Catherine A. Odora Hoppers, editors Desmond Tutu once said, "There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river and find out why they are falling in." The authors of this innovative collection take these words to heart. Embracing a transformative leadership approach, they show how contemporary African leaders are meeting a broad range of challenges as they seek positive change in societies More > | ![]() |
Poetic Inquiry for the Social and Human Sciences: Voices from the South and NorthHeidi van Rooyen and Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan, editors Poetic inquiry, or poetic research, is a literary and performance arts–based approach that combines arts and humanities with scientific inquiry to enhance social research. This groundbreaking collection shows how using poetry from diverse traditions in the Global South can promote innovative research on pressing social justice issues such as inclusion and decolonization. To that end, each More > | ![]() |
Quality of Life and Wellbeing in South AfricaVasu Reddy, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Zitha Mokomane, and Crain Soudien, editors In this latest entry in HSRC's State of the Nation series, the authors focus on fresh perspectives on notions of the quality of life and wellbeing in South Africa. Their work reflects two fundamental arguments: that economic factors alone do not determine quality of life, and that typical concepts of income inequality do not adequately encompass such variables as race, gender, and culture. Not More > | ![]() |
The Gendered and Sexual Lives of South African Youth: Young People’s Stories of IdentityFloretta Boonzaier and Simone Peters, editors Reflecting a concern with the high rates of gendered and sexual violence in South Africa, the authors of this innovative book explore the experiences of and identifications with gender and sexuality of a diverse group of young people, as well as how those experiences/identifications intersect with race, class, age, and place.
The research presented in the book is based on the use of photovoice, More > | ![]() |
Noel Chabani Manganyi: Being-While-Black-and-Alienated in Apartheid South AfricaMabogo Percy More This is fundamentally a book about race, antiblack racism, and the related problem of the alienation of human beings from one another, from their bodies, and from themselves, all within the context of apartheid and postapartheid South Africa.
Mabogo More critically engages with the work of Noel Chabani Manganyi (1940–), a prolific author and South Africa's first Black clinical More > | ![]() |
Creative Cities in Africa: Critical Architecture and UrbanismNoëleen Murray and Jonathan Cane, editors How have politicians, planners, and power brokers deployed—or not—notions of creativity across the history of African cities from the colonial era to the present? The contributors to Creative Cities in Africa address this question as they frame critical approaches to architecture and urbanism and explore new and alternative forms of writing, thinking, and making the city.
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Political Identity and African Foreign PoliciesJohn F. Clark, editor Although all African states suffer the same peripheral status in world politics, they display variation in their foreign policies. How can we account for this variation? What role, if any, do the political identities of ruling elites play? Can patterns be seen in personalist vs. one-party dominant vs. multiparty regimes? The authors of Political Identity and African Foreign Policies address these More > | ![]() |